"Thirteen Russians and three Russian entities were charged Friday with an elaborate plot to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election through social media propaganda, federal prosecutors announced Friday."

"Ten states have now filed a brief – signed by their respective attorneys general – in support of the Larsens: Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia. Tedesco says those states understand that the government should not threaten artists with fines and jail time simply for living out their beliefs in the marketplace."

"Judge Raymond A. Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissed Liberty Counsel's federal lawsuit against GuideStar, stating that under the federal Lanham Act, GuideStar's republication on its website of a "hate group" label did not meet the commercial purpose requirement of the act."

"A former YouTube human resources employee is suing Google for allegedly putting a freeze on hiring any white or Asian males seeking technical roles with the company last year – in an effort geared to “improve” its “diversity” rankings."

"Political motivation clearly tainted the Blackwater case, poisoning it with several violations of the rule of law – including the disregarding of evidence that could very well clear one man who's serving a life sentence."

"Lembo is threatening to kick AFA out of the Connecticut State Employees' Campaign for Charitable Giving (CSEC), even though the Mississippi-based group qualifies as a charity under Connecticut's rules."

"'Although Captain Fahs’ actions against Chaplain Modder violated the Constitution, federal law and military regulations, we are grateful that Navy officials categorically rejected those actions,' Berry said."

"Looking back on the year, First Liberty has produced a list of 10 settlements or rulings that favored its clients. They include preserving the tradition of invocations before public meetings and restoring an educational technician's right to tell her colleague at work, 'I'm praying for you.'"

According to the judge, "...it is 'well-documented' that the refugees are not representative of that 'war-torn area of the world.' Ten percent of the Syrian population is Christian and 'yet less than one-half of 1 percent of Syrian refugees admitted to the United States this year are Christian.'"